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Gurney, a 90-year-old aged care home resident in Victoria, once told sociologist Barbara Barbosa Neves that everyone seemed to think bingo was sex for old people.
He begged to differ. âI have had enough of bingo!â he told her. âI want to join a youth club or go roller-skating â everything except bingo.â
Sociologist Barbara Barbosa Neves is passionate about addressing the impact of loneliness on older people.
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Dr Barbosa Neves, a senior lecturer in sociology at Monash University, was interviewing Gurney (not his real name) as part of her research into how people living in aged care homes experience loneliness.